Collection D: Summer of Love

The Summer of Love was a social phenomenon that occurred during the summer of 1967, when as many as 100,000 people converged on the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, initiating a major cultural and political shift.

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Although hippies  also gathered in major cities across the U.S., Canada and Europe, San Francisco remained the epicenter of the social earthquake which would come to be known as the Hippie Revolution.

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paintedPainted ladies” is a term used for  Victorian and Edwardian houses and buildings painted in three or more colors that embellish or enhance their architectural details.

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